Liber II, cap. 4. De Cultu ExternoThe two editions number this verse differently. Which numbering Milton was following here has not yet been checked:
Latin {¶14} 1 Sam. vii. 5, 6. — …mensis, affligitote animas vestras, et nullum opus facitote—. 1 Sam. vii. 5, 6. jejunantes illo die, dixerunt illic, peccavimus Jehovæ. et xxxi. 13. accipientes ossa eorum, sepeliverunt…
English (Sumner, 1825) {¶14} 1 Sam. vii. 6. — …e month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all—. 1 Sam. vii. 6. they fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against Jehovah. xxxi. 13. they took their bones, and…